Electrical Engineer FPGA - Level 3/4 - Dulles

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Dulles, VA is seeking a FPGA Electrical Engineer at Level 3 or Level 4 to join the Space Sector. The role requires researching, design, coding, test bench design, verification, and place & route for CDH products on space-grade FPGA platforms.

This 100% onsite position offers clearances, a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off, and opportunities to define architectures while collaborating with avionics teams on high-stakes space missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of professional experience or equivalent
• Active Top-Secret/SCCI clearance at time of application
• Experience with translating system requirements into programmable logic requirements and test specs
• Proven architectures definition or team leadership experience
• Hands-on VHDL in past 3 years for aerospace/space applications
• Experience with FPGA design flow including RTL/synthesis/place&route/power analysis

Responsibilities

• Research, requirements analysis and systems architecture for CD&H products
• Design, coding and test bench design for FPGA-based systems
• Verification, synthesis, place and route, timing and power analysis
• Translate requirements into programmable logic and test specifications
• Define architectures and contribute to team leadership

Skills

VHDL design experience

FPGA design flow proficiency

SystemVerilog design

RTL/gate level simulation

Test bench development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

PhD (optional)

Tools

Vivado

QuestaSim

Quartus

Xilinx devices

EDA tools

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman's Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a FPGA Electrical Engineer - Level 3 or Level 4 located in Dulles, VA, you'll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

In this role, you will be responsible for research, requirements analysis and systems architecture, design, coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis and place, & route for our Command and Data Handling (CD&H) products.

The qualified applicant will join the Electrical Engineering Avionics department that specializes in FPGA for space applications.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

This position can be filled at either a Level 3 or Level 4.

Basic Qualifications for Level 3

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience - OR - Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 1 year of professional experience.
• Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
• Experience with VHDL design or Advanced /verification for FPGA's
• Must have hands on experience with VHDL within the past 3 years
• Well versed in VHDL design for an aerospace environment or space application
• Proficient in FPGA design flow including items such as RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis
• Experience with translating system requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications
• Proven experience defining architectures or team leadership

Basic Qualifications for Level 4

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience - OR - Master's degree with 6 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
• Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
• Experience with VHDL design or Advanced /verification for FPGA's
• Must have hands on experience with VHDL within the past 3 years
• Well versed in VHDL design for an aerospace environment or space application
• Proficient in FPGA design flow including items such as RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis
• Experience with translating system requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications
• Proven experience defining architectures or team leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RF or Mixed signal circuits.
• Experience with DSP, MATLAB, and SimuLink
• Experience with VHDL and/or SystemVerilog design
• Experience with Xilinx and Microchip (RTG4) devices.
• Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim.
• Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure.
• Experience with board or system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Generation of Test Benches and support of formal VHDL Verification

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

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